Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Last week the US Preventive Services Task Force came out with new guidelines for mammography. Simply stated, the new guidelines recommend that: 1. Routine mammography screening start at age 50 instead of 40 (guidelines provided in 2002). 2. Frequency of screening to be reduced to every two years rather than the previously recommended every year. 3. Breast self-examinations are no longer recommended. 4. Clinical breast exams (performed by physicians) only minimally improve outcome in patients who have mammograms. These guidelines encountered a furious backlash in the media immediately after its publication in the Annals of Internal Medicine from special interest...
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

It's that time of year again when ragweed pollen and mold spores fill the air leaving millions of Americans suffering from fall allergies. Allergy symptoms present in a similar fashion to the common cold: runny nose, itchy eyes, sneezing, wheezing, sore throat, coughing and nasal congestion. Similarly to a cold, often only 1 or 2 of these symptoms appear, making it even more difficult to decipher between the two. And not to mention the fact that this year, every time you get a sore throat or feel a little bit under the weather, the media hype makes you think you...
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